Since El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama have set a 72-hour time limit for freight drivers operating in the region, hundreds of units have decided to halt their operations as a measure of pressure. Due to the health crisis resulting from the covid-19 outbreak, Salvadoran, Costa Rican and Panamanian authorities decided that the drivers of […]
Luke Denman and Airon Barry were on a fishing boat, and along with dozens of Venezuelan citizens, they wanted to capture Nicolás Maduro. At least two American citizens were arrested by the Nicolás Maduro dictatorship after a “failed incursion” called Operation Gideon, which sought to overthrow the regime. They are two former U.S. military veterans […]
When the country’s authorities begin to lift the restrictions that have been taken to prevent the spread of covid-19, it is predicted that in the meat sector, sales of chicken could contract by 2%. Through a demand/income sensitivity model developed by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, variations in household demand for different goods and […]
In recent weeks, interest in the region’s markets for electronic equipment, computers and technological services has clearly picked up, with educational software and computer security services being among the most marked trends. Using a system that monitors in real time changes in consumer interests and preferences in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData‘s Trade Intelligence […]
The Executive and the banking sector agreed to extend until December 31st of this year the moratorium on credit payments, a measure that applies to mortgages, personal loans, the agricultural sector, commercial, transportation, auto and credit cards. The government also reported that in the context of the covid-19 outbreak, President Cortizo sanctioned Bill 295 which […]
IFF Panama festival director Pituka Ortega Heilbron IFF Panama has scheduled its first virtual Co-Production Form, Panama Film Match, for filmmakers in the Central America and Caribbean region. Ten projects from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Panama will participate from May 18-22, with four hailing from the host country. Participants will compete for a […]
This is the first transaction to sell this kind of certificates to a counterparty, other than a Large Client, by an energy supply company in Panama. Enel Green Power Panamá, a renewable energy subsidiary of Enel Group, has signed an agreement for the sale of International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs) with First Climate, a German-based […]
Stress has been mounting for Latin American airlines as carriers brace for a slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, but Brazil’s government on Thursday reduced the loan aid available for carriers, while Panama’s Copa Airlines said it did not need a bailout. “We’re not requesting nor are we expecting any aid from the government,” Copa […]
Some 60% of the patients infected with COVID-19 in Panama have recovered clinically or by laboratory tests, reports the Ministry of Health (Minsa). Of the 7,731 positive cases for COVID-19 registered until Wednesday, 4,477 have overcome the disease. As of Wednesday, May 6, Panama registered 3,618 clinical recovered patients and 859 by laboratory tests, for […]
Panama’s Copa Airlines expects to resume 40% of its usual flights by December, the company said on Wednesday, the latest carrier to predict a slow recovery in traffic due to the coronavirus crisis. Copa Airlines is currently not operating any flights because its Panama City hub is shut down. It expects to resume flights on […]